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Each hard drive typically has ____ platters
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2
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There is a head for _______ of each platter
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each side
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Is the operating system stored on a hard drive?
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yes
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Should you close all applications before using disk defrag?
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yes
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Which is a more typical RPM speed for a modern (2006) hard drive: 7,000 rpm or 700 rpm?
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7,000 rpm
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Did Hardrives that used Frequency Modulation encoding use timing bits?
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yes
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About what percent did timing bits take up on hard drivdes using frequency modulation?
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50%
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Does the RLL method of encoding use timing bits?
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no
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Which hard drive encoding method came first: MFM or FM?
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FM
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About when was the RLL method used?
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1991
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Which hard drive encoding method came first, the RLL or the PRML?
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RLL
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This method came before the PRML. It eliminated the use for timing bits. What was it called?
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RLL
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What does FM stand for, as in FM encoding method?
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Frequency Modulation
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What does RLL stand for, as in RLL encoding method?
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Run Length Limited
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What does PRML stand for, as in PRML encoding method?
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Partial Response Maximum Likelihood
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Which came first, a stepper motor or a voice coil motor?
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stepper motor
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Does a voice coil motor need to be parked?
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no
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What do you call the measure of how much a hard drive wobbles?
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runout
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How can some hard drives have an odd number of heads?
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Because one or two heads are reserved for the system.
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What do you call a group of tracks?
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Cylinders
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How much data does a sector store?
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512 bytes
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Are sectors part of drive geometry or are sectors per track part of drive geometry?
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sectors per track
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What does CHS? (Relating to drive geometry.)
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Cylinders, Heads, Sectors per track
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How many values does drive geometry consist of? How many of those values are still used?
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5, 3
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What are the two drive geometry values that are not used any more?
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write precomp and landing zone
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Which came first, Parrallel ATA or serial ATA?
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Parrallel ATA
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What was the first PC to include BIOS support for hard drives?
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286
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About when were EIDE drives introduced?
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1990
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Did EIDE introduce support for non-hard drive devices?
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yes
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How many pins are in the connector of an IDE hard drive?
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40
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How many EIDE controllers do most PCs support?
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2
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True or false: There are no older machines that use IDE controllers that snap into the motherboard as a card?
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false
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Do modern IDE cables have 40 wires or 80 wires?
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80 wires
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Which is more modern: IDE cables with 40 wires or IDE cables with 80 wires?
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80 wires
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What are the four ways to set a PATA drive?
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cable select, master, single, slave. Often single and master have the same drive setting
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If you are installing only one hard drive, should you put it in the primary controller?
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yes, but most modern BIOS don't care.
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If you set a drive to be cable select, where should the master drive be, in the middle or at the end?
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at the end
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If you set a drive to be cable select, where should the slave drive be, in the middle or at the end?
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in the middle
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True or false: Cable select cables are different from regular IDE cables.
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true
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If you see a ribbon cable with a pin hole through one wire, is it a regular IDE cable or a cable select?
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cable select
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If you are using a Master/Slave configuration,(not cable select) does it matter if the master is in the middle or at the end?
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no
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True or false: All modern PATA drives use a Molex connection for power.
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true
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What does it mean if a cluster is "cross linked"
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two or mile files point to the cluster.
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What does it mean to be a "lost cluster"
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No file points to this cluster.
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This utility was meant to replace chkdsk
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ScanDisk
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Use one of these two tools to solve problems with cross-linked and lost clusters.
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chkdsk and ScanDisk
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In Windows XP/2000 how do you get to ScanDisk?
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right click on the drive, properties, tools tab and click "Check now" press start with the two check boxes checked.
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SAS stands for Serial Attached _________
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SCSI
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True or false: SAS systems can handle SCSI but not SATA.
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false, it can handle both
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What is ATA/ATAPI-6 also called?
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Ultra-ATA/100
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What is ATA/ATAPI-7 also called?
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Ultra-ATA/133
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What speed does an Ultra-ATA 100 move at?
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100MBps
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A Sata data cable
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What is this?
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a type of data cable
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A Sata power cable
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What is this?
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a type of power cable
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A sata port
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What is this?
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What are the clusters that make up a file called?
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a chain
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Does Windows NT come with a defragmenter command?
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no
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You want to access the disk defragmenter in XP. You go start, all programs...
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then go to accessories, system tools
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Do you use Defrag, Disk Cleanup or DiskScan to correct cross linked and lost clusters?
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Disk Scan
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True or false: Chkdisk is supported by all versions of Windows.
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true
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True or false: all versions of Windows have some disk scan utility.
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true
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True or false: all versions of Windows have some disk defrag utility.
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false
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True or false: You can use Chkdsk /F to repair cross linked and lost clusters.
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true
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True or false: The Windows 9x/Me ScanDisk can not check the FAT for problems with long file names.
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false
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What is eSATA for?
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external SATA drive
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How many bits is the bus width of Narrow SCSI usually?
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8
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How many bits is the bus width of Wide SCSI usually?
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16
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Which came first, LVD or HVD SCSI?
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HVD
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What does LVD stand for? (relates to SCSI)
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Low Voltage Differential
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True or false: SE SCSI cables are cheaper than differential cables.
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true
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True or false: SE SCSI cables have superior data integrity compared to differential cables.
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false
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HVD became obselete with the SCSI-_ standard
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3
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Internal SCSI devices connect to a host adapter with a ____ pin ribbon cable.
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68
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True or false: Many external devices connect to a host adapter with a 50 pin connector.
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true
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next
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next
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External SCSI connectors are ___ shaped.
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D
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Typically, most people set the id for the SCSI host adapter to ____ or _____.
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7 or 15
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All SCSI jumpers use the ______ number system.
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binary
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How can you put more than one SCSI device on one ID?
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use Logical Unit Numbers to uniquely identify each device
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True or false: With SCSI you must terminate at each end and once in the middle.
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false, you must terminate only at the ends.
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True or false: Many SCSI devices require you to set a jumper or switch to enable termination.
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true
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True or false: Some ancient hard drives were not capable of terminating themselves.
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true
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SCSI-1 had a ___Mhz bus.
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5
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Was SCSI-1 parallel or serial?
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parallel
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SCSI-1 used a ____ bit bus.
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8
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SCSI-2 was finalized in 1990 and oficially adopted in ______
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1994
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next
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next
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SCSI-2 was finailized in ______ and oficially adopted in 1994
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1990
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Even though SCSI-2 wasn't adopted until 1994 manufacturers used the entire standard by ________
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1991
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The SCSI-2 common command set includes _____ commands.
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18
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